toddler smoothie drinks?

does anyone know anything about these? are they healthy? is it a good idea to give this to a 13 month old? The two brands I have seen are - Earths best organic smoothie drink and Gerber harvest fruit or veggie drink?
DD is very thin and not the best eater so I was thinking of giving these to her as a healthy snack or putting it in her sippy cup rather than water.

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do you mean drinkable yogurt? my kids love these (almost 14 months and 3 years old). I give them all kinds (Trader Joes has good ones too) and I even put straws into TJs "Go Gurt things.

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I am so bad, I do not know how to add a picture but here is what they look like

Earth's best

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My DD who is 2 loves them!! I feel like they are a healthy option for her.

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I recently bought a few of these for my 21 month old. I give them to him as an afternoon snack on the days he has an early lunch. He likes them - as with anything else, I think it's ok in moderation.

ETA: We've tried a couple of flavors of the Earth's Best ones

Message edited 7/24/2011 9:30:33 PM.

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I give the Earth's Best ones to DS when we are out and about. The fact that they are shelf stable is really great. The ingredients are pretty healthy. There is no sugar, just organic fruit and yogurt.

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I make them smoothies myself. Yogurt, milk, some frozen fruit, blend it all together - they love em.

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I give the ones in the dairy section to DS who is 22.5 months. He loves them

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I give my DD the YoBaby drinkable yogurts and she loves them. They are great because she is a poor eater.

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I would just be careful of all the sugar. I was going to get them (the stonyfield farm ones) for my DD b/c she is not hte best eater - my friend told me her DS's dentist said they are TERRIBLE for their teeth - so much sugar - she used to give her 2 yr old the stonyfield farm ones and he had several cavities by 3. Not sure if it was related but, the dentist seemed to think so! But, I have never bought them so I don't have any personl knowledge.

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I give them to DS because he his a horrible eater... If you are worried about sugar, brush their teeth after wards. Almost everything your toddler drinks and eats has sugar in it. Good oral hygiene started at an early age will help you down the road..

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Message edited 7/25/2011 6:44:37 AM.

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Eh if you mean the yobaby drinkables when you say the stonyfield? They actually have a lot more sugar it appears than the earth's best ones do (23g compared to 15g in the one I just googled). I would say - there are much more unhealthy options out there - it is a decent way to get some vit D and A - esp if you have a toddler who doesn't eat as many veggies or fruits or drink as much milk as they should. Nothing beats plain yogurt and mixing fresh fruit in and making your own at home - but these are shelf stable and compared to many out there not that bad esp if you are out of the house so you don't have to carry ice packs.

I personally haven't tried them - and didn't even know that earth's best makes them - but they look interesting as a shelf stable snack on the go.

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My question is- how do you get a 13 month old to drink that?
Do you put it in a sippy or something?
Spoon feed it to them?
I don't get the logistics of it

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Message edited 7/25/2011 9:28:12 AM.